About us:
King’s Forensics is an academic grouping within the Department of Analytical, Forensic & Environmental Sciences (AFES), with unique resource from two laboratories accredited to UKAS Quality Standard (ISO 17025). The Drug Control Centre provides a service for UKAD (United Kingdom Anti-Doping); the Ministry of Defence (MoD), and individual professional sports bodies. The King’s Forensics Mass Spectrometry Services laboratory similarly provides a cannabinoids/CBD testing service to Clinical Trials teams both within King’s and beyond and testing for clinical and forensics units across the country. King’s Forensics houses two further research laboratories supporting bioanalytical science in particular Environmental/Wildlife Forensics, Crime Scene Investigation and Analytical Toxicology.
About the role:
The Drug Control Centre, King’s Forensics, Department of Analytical, Environmental & Forensic Science (AEFS) is seeking to appoint a Senior Quality Manager. The post holder will have extensive experience of quality assurance in accredited laboratory environments and provide guidance to the Director of King’s Forensics (Head of Drug Control Centre) on quality assurance.
The post holder will lead and maintain a quality framework under the jurisdiction of the Head of the DCC (Director of King’s Forensics) that ensures an effective and successful re-accreditation with the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) on a 4 yearly cycle using a risk analysis approach ensuring all specifications within ISO 17025 (UKAS) and WADA (ISL, 2021) are covered. As Senior Quality Manager your role will also provide oversight to King’s Mass Spectrometry Services (KF-MSS).
As the post holder you will have demonstrated exceptional organisational skills and be accomplished at meeting deadlines and working in a structured environment. You will provide leadership in our audit programme and ensure our risk log is maintained and regularly evaluated. Key to your role will be dealing with non-conformities in an efficient and professional manner demonstrating a good working knowledge of routine laboratory workflows. You will be expected to provide training and education to staff on quality matters as required, working with the Laboratory Director ensure compliance with the WADA International Standard for Laboratories. You will be a good communicator and someone that is able to motivate a wide range of staff in quality enhancement.
If you are looking to work in an exciting environment to enhance and develop quality systems in a thriving academic environment, we would like to hear from you. Further details can be obtained from Professor Kim Wolff
This is a full time (35 hours per week).
About you:
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
- Relevant undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification in one of the natural or life sciences with appropriate experience and relevant technical/ scientific experience in a quality role.
- Previous experience of laboratory-based Quality Assurance structures and systems.
- Documented qualification and training in ISO 17025 requirements and Experience dealing with regulatory bodies (such as WADA and UKAS).
- Appropriate experience in quality systems for laboratory procedures (risk log, auditing, investigations, non-conformities).
- Evidence of analytical and problem-solving capability and a solution focussed approach.
- Evidence of strong communication skills, when conveying complex and highly specialist information to analytical staff.
- Evidence of record of setting, delivering and monitoring key performance indicators/standards.
- Evidence of working successfully within an accredited laboratory group with an excellent reputation, and the ability to initiate and maintain productive internal and external networks.
